Top Gear: Series 18, Episode 6

Jeremy, James and Richard hit Donington in three stripped out track cars.

Jeremy tests the “Aero-Engined Bentley” and “The Brutus”.

Star in a Reasonably Priced Car: Alex James.

Episode Guide

Challenge: Jeremy, Richard and James hit Donington Park in three stripped out track cars – the KTM X-Bow, the Morgan Three Wheeler and the Caterham Seven, in an attempt to show which is the better track racer. They test the cars in a series of challenges, including a drag race, best donut attempt, and fastest entry through a hairpin corner. During the news section, they sent the KTM and Morgan round the track. The KTM set a time of 1.27.0 and the Morgan went round in 1.40.4. The trio are later challenged to drive to work in their track cars – but soon discover that none of the cars are ideal for strong weather conditions or speed bumps. They also end up stopping on the way to buy some weather-suitable outfits, much to the dismay of a group of bikers.

Review: Clarkson creates his own version of the ‘Battle of Britain’ using a model of a classic 1920s Bentley that has a WW II-era tank engine (Petersen Meteor Bentley) and a home-made German car made using an aeroplane engine called Brutus. Both cars are then driven round the track, setting the two slowest times ever (1:50:3 and 2:02:5).

Some say…

“Some say that he stores all of his shoes and his cassette tapes on the motorway central reservation, and that he can easily stay quiet for 2 hours, he’s wondering why he didn’t win an Oscar. All we know is he’s called the Stig.”

5 comments

Well Richard loves Morgan’s – so no surprises there. I am very surprised Jeremy’s second choice was the KTM X-Bow though – he loves the Atom. My only guess is they’ve shown the Atom quite a lot in the past, but never actually done anything with the KTM.

I’d have bet my head that Jeremy would have used an Atom. My only guess to why he didn’t is because it’s probably a bit old. Still, I recon apart from the Atom a Lotus 2-Eleven would’ve been an excellent choice.

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